goodness
The state or characteristic of being good.
Noun 4 meanings
The state or characteristic of being good.
The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
God.
“Thank goodness that the war is over!”
The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
Etymology
From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness.
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GOODNESS at a glance
GOODNESS has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (G 2 + O 1 + O 1 + D 2 + N 1 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,698 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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